Senior Transportation Analyst

As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will benefit from an environment where everything is achievable. We aim to be a place where you can:

• Write Your Career Story.  Because we are solving some of the most difficult problems in global commerce, you have the opportunity to write the story that will make your career.
• Experience Global Impact and Global Connection.  At ShipBob we benefit from diverse cultures and perspectives in service of the global community.
• Grow With An Ownership Mindset. We believe that great innovation comes from great transparency.  We are more resilient and more creative when we have an inclusive and transparent culture where everyone knows our strengths and opportunities.

Title: Senior Transportation Analyst

Role Description:

ShipBob currently operates in five different markets partnering with 7000+ e-commerce merchants. As a Senior Transportation Analyst, you’ll work on identifying the opportunities for improving margins, carrier optimization, and onboarding new carriers. You will work directly with partner owners and senior managers responding to complex cost and margin questions that require detailed data insights.

What you’ll do:

• Analyze rate cards to identify trends and help onboard new carriers. 
• Work closely with pricing analysts, and operation teams to assess carrier pricing issues.
• Review, validate, and cross-compare pricing agreements and surcharges across carriers.
• Communicate regularly with multiple departments, both internal and external on findings.
• Update the system with new carriers and adjust the ship option routing guide as needed.
• Assist in developing new metrics, generating metrics data for the weekly reviews, and developing visualizations of metrics.
• Identify new areas of opportunity based on cost savings.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or Similar required.
• At least 2+ years of professional experience in SQL, Python, Power Bi, and Excel.
• 3+ years of experience working with and interpreting data.
• Experience in ambiguous work environments with tight deadlines.
• Experience solving complex quantitative business challenges with an ability to think critically about them and simultaneously absorbing new knowledge and information.
• Experience operating strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment.
• Expert communicator: you can have difficult conversations orally and in writing with key stakeholders, ranging from fulfillment partner owners to operations associates.
• General knowledge of the U.S. transportation industry and networks preferred or related Supply Chain functions.

Reports to:  Analytics Manager

Perks & Benefits:

• Medical & Accidental Insurance
• All Purpose Leave (casual & sick time): 12 days
• Earned Leave: 15 days
• Public Holiday: 12 days
• Generous Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Quarterly Wellness Day
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work From Home Allowance
• Referral Bonus Program
• Fun Culture >>>Check us out on Instagram (@lifeatshipbob)

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.

About You:

At ShipBob, we’re looking to bring on board people who embody our core values:

• Be Mission-Driven.   We want team members that are passionate about helping entrepreneurs improve their business, and bring that passion every day.
• Be Humble. We have ambitious goals, and our team members understand that success or failure depends on us working together and leaving egos at the door.
• Be Resilient. Logistics is a complicated business. So is software. We value team members that never give up and keep iterating until a problem is solved.
• Be a Creative Problem Solver. As a startup, we value smart, innovative solutions to complex problems. We fall in love with the problem, not our “favorite” solution.
• Be Safety Minded. It’s not just talk; it’s the way you work.

About Us: 

ShipBob is a cloud-based logistics platform that partners with over 7,000+ e-commerce businesses to help make their entrepreneurial dreams a reality. We offer a full suite of fulfillment solutions for our merchants, including the ability to improve their transit times, shipping costs and deliver best in class experience to their customers. With an almost 100% accuracy rate in fulfilling orders and orders shipped on time, our merchants can count on us to deliver excellent service. 

As one of the fastest growing tech companies in Chicago with over $300M+ raised from blue-chip investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, our goal is to continue to be the #1 best fulfillment technology in the industry. 

ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.